Lemon-squeezer.



No. 654,593. Patented July 3|, woo;

A. BAUMGABTEN.

LEMON SQUEEZEE'.

(Application filed Mar. 3, 1899,) (N0 Modem Patented July 3|, i900.

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A. BAUMGARTEN. LEMON SHUEEZER (Application filed Mar. 8, 1899.)

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Unifrsn STATE S PAT Garrett.

ATJBERT BA'UMGARTEN, or nnnnronr, ILLINOIS;

SPEClFICATION armin part of Letters Patent No. 654,593,datectiu1y 1,1900.

Application fins Marni 3,1399. Serial. No.707,607. on model.)

To all 'zlvho m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BAUMGARTEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephen son and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lemon-Squeezers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in lemon-squeezers, oneobject being to provide a compact, ornamental, and powerful sque'ezeradapted for attachment to the edge of a shelf or other supportand to liecloseup to and approximately parallel with said edge, so as to obviateany upwardly or laterally projecting portions which might give it anunsightly appearance or be a serious obstruction to the use of the shelfor the sup port for other purposes.

A further object is to make a squeezer quick and convenient of operationand effective in extracting the juice in the best shape and with theleast effort.

To these ends the invention consists in cer tain devices of novel formand arrangement combined to coact advantageously and effectively to'accomplish the desired result.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete squeezerin its preferred form. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal vertical section in line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is avertical section in line 4 4 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of thearrow 4. Fig. 5 is a similar section in line 5 5 of Fig. 3 looking inthe direction of the arrow 5, and Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of thecup looking downward upon the drain or strainer in the lower portionthereof.

Referring to the drawings, A is a yokeshaped frame adapted forattachment to the edge of a shelf or counter by means of adownwardly-projectin g flange Ct. (Shown clearly in Fig. 4, where it isseen secured to said counter by means of a screw 0;.) Said yoke isprovided at one end with a hook at, bearing upon its point aninwardlyprojecting lug 0, and a cup Bis fitted within this hook andsupported upon the same against vertical movement by means of ribs 1) b,which embrace the hook between them. The forward edge of the cup juiceover the extreme end thereof.

great power.

is adaptedto lie behind the lug a and the cup can be inserted onlybyentering this edge behind the lug and rotating the remainder of thecupabout this edge as a center, any direct Withdrawal of the cup fromthe hool; in the line of the pressing operation being prevented by saidlug. The lower portion of the cup is provided'with a forwardly-extendinglip Z3 perforated at b to let the juice run through, and said lip isarranged at a proper inclination to prevent the flow of the The otherend of the yoke is provided With a hearing a3, in which is guided ascrew-threaded member 0, provided at its outer end with a handle 0' andat its inner end with a cone 0. The bearing a is provided Witha .pawl D,preferably operated by gravity and for that reason pivoted upon ahorizontal pivot cl, but also being provided with an extension cl, bypressure upon which the pawl may be disengaged. The thread upon themember 0 is beveled upon one side and abrupt upon the other in themanner of an ordinary ratchettooth, and the operating end of the pawl,as well as the beveled side of the thread, is on the side toward thecone. This enables the handle and cone to be advanced directly into thecup or the lemon contained therein until power is needed, when therotation of the handle engages the thread with the pawl and completesthe advance more slowly and with The cone is provided with a spiralgroove run in the opposite direction from the thread, by means of whichsaid cone is advanced, so that the rotation necessary to crowd the coneinto the lemon works the inthat the inside of the cone is screw-threadedto fit the end of the screw C upon the advancing member. By this meansthe cone is easily removable for cleaning as well as the cup.

The broad features of my invention I believe are not limited to thespecific construction described or to the exact form or arrangement ofthe Various parts thereof.

I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent- In alemon-squeezer, the combination of two members, one of Which-is threadedin the other and one of which is provided with a suitable cup and theother with an opposing cone, said cone having an external spiral grooveor thread running in the direction 0p- I posite to the thread betweenthe two mem hers; substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Freeport, in thecounty of Stephenson and State of- Illinois, this 24th day of February,A. D. 1899.

ALBERT BAUMGARTEN.

